After saying he would not answer questions after his statement, Gagne said: "I'm here today talking to you guys to let you know that I feel bad for my family, what they had to go through, and all my friends, especially my teammates in Milwaukee. I think that's just a distraction that shouldn't be taking place."

Speaking without notes and with both hands in the pockets of his warm-up jacket, Gagne said: "I'm just here to help the Milwaukee Brewers get to the World Series and get to the playoffs. That's all I really care about. And since 2004, Major League Baseball has done everything in their power to clean up the game and I think they've done a great job. Right now I just want to go forward, and I'm thinking Major League Baseball is ready to go forward and hopefully all the fans are ready to do that."

Gagne followed his statement in English, in which he never mentioned the Mitchell report, with a French version that was slightly more revealing. "I don't want to look back," Gagne said. "The Mitchell report did that and it wasn't fun."